Schilt surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Schilt surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 387 people carried this name — #50,686 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

252 people named Schilt live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 133
Solothurn 24
Zurich 24
Vaud 15
Basel-Landschaft 12
Lucerne 11
Graubünden 9
Zug 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 129 people named Schilt.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Moselle 69
Paris 15
Bas-Rhin 9
Haut-Rhin 8
Vosges 7
Yvelines 5
Doubs 2
Oise 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Schilt is.
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